Dostoevsky, Elijah the Prophet

[Richard Schultz]

Thanks to all list members who sent me references on Elijah the Prophet in the works of Dostoevsky. On the one hand, I was disappointed that what I thought was my discovery -- Elijah the Prophet in Crime and Punishment and in several other works by Dostoevsky -- had already been found by a previous scholar. Can someone provide me with any biographical info about Iurii Marmeladov, author of Tainyi kod Dostoevskogo? The name sounds like a hoax. (Pardon me, Mr. Marmeladov, if you really existed and you were blessed with such an unlikely surname!)

I'm now convinced that, as Marmeladov has shown, Crime and Punishment should be approached in the context of The Village of Stepanchikovo and The Landlady, in which the Elijah theme comes into clear focus. Independently of Marmeladov, I noticed that Raskolnikov's confession comes on the holiday of Elijah, just after a thunderstorm -- and he confesses to the fiery Elijah Petrovich, a wrathful police officer. This is of great importance amid all the polemics over Dostoevsky's religiosity.  


      

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